George Zimmerman still believes that he was a victim the night he shot and killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. “I certainly was a victim when I was having my head bashed into the concrete and my nose broken and beaten,” Zimmerman told CNN on Monday. ” So I wouldn’t say I was not a victim.”

A jury in Florida acquitted Zimmerman of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Trayvon Martin seven months ago. Zimmerman admits that he killed the 17-year-old while he was working as a neighborhood watchman, but he says it was in self-defense. Perhaps that’s why he claimed memories of the night don’t haunt him. When asked why, he said, “I don’t know.” But he did say that if he could go back, he would have “stayed home” that night.

Despite all the controversy over the verdict, Zimmerman never doubted himself because of his faith in God. “I know He’s the only judge I have to answer to. He knows what happened and I know what happened.”

Though Zimmerman once aspired to be a police officer, he now says that he hopes to be a lawyer. “I’d like to professionally…continue my education and hopefully becoming an attorney,” he said. “I think that’s the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me.”

Zimmerman has run into legal trouble since his acquittal. He was pulled over for speeding; his wife called the police saying that Zimmerman was threatening her with a gun; and his new girlfriend has also claimed that he threatened her with a shotgun. (They have since reconciled.)

He’s also had a number of PR problems. He has used his notoriety to sell paintings for hundreds of thousands of dollars and even agreed to become a prize fighter for charity — even though in trial he claimed he could not hold off a teenager.

“I saw it as an opportunity,” Zimmerman said of the boxing match with rapper DMX, which was canceled by its promoter. “I never expected it to turn out the way it did.”

Zimmerman continues to get death threats nearly two years after the night he killed Martin. “I have a lot of people saying that, you know, they guarantee that they’re going to kill me and I’ll never be a free man,” he said. “I realize that they don’t know me. They know who I was portrayed to be.” Zimmerman said that those who say he is a racist don’t know that some of his family members are black.

“Before the trial, during and after, I’ve learned that the majority of people, when they sit down with me one-on-one or with my family, they get a completely different perspective on me,” he said.

When asked about Michael Dunn—a Florida man convicted of second degree murder for shooting an African-American teenager during a fight over loud music—Zimmerman said, “I don’t watch the news anymore. I watch comedy shows, home improvement shows. So I’m not well enough informed to give you exacts [sic].”

Anyone mature enough to apply only objective thinking must agree that the ONLY reason Zimmerman was ever charged in this case was to rid the American communities of the complete morons who were gathering in groups and chanting in protest fueled by inaccurate understanding. Had Zimmerman been black, nobody would have cared about the case (period).

A "scapegoat" is "a person who is unfairly blamed for something that others have done", according to Merriam-Webster. By the very fact that this non-criminal, very clear use of legal self-defense went to trial... with the supposed defendant only ever put behind bars as a means through which to rid decent communities of the gatherings of biased morons... Zimmerman was very clearly 'unfairly blamed'.

One could very clearly argue that it was in fact Treyvon Martin's parents who "did" to Treyvon that which sealed his ultimate fate. This is a kid said by millions to have been walking "home" with Skittles and iced tea, when the FACT is that Treyvon's high school was more than 200 miles from where he walked. That's a hell of a long ride in a yellow school bus!!

The reality is that Treyvon Martin's own parents set him up to be gunned down by anybody who happened along - it doesn't even matter who - but heaven forbid the other person not be black. Then it was these same parents of Treyvon Martin who incited riots all across our land.

Nobody in law enforcement anywhere ever thought there was a chance in hell of George Zimmerman being convicted of wrong-doing in the death of Treyvon Martin, but the case was only tried as a means of limiting the complete idiots from gathering in numbers (greater than usual) on American street corners.

Tiz far more accurate to say that George Zimmerman is a scapegoat than it is to say that Treyvon Martin's actions weren't directly responsible for his own death. And everybody knows where Treyvon should have learned appropriate behavior even if he never learned...

Young, Hispanic Male Shot While on His Way to Attend Fun, Fellowship, and Firearms Event

Today, the Cocoa Police
Department released the transcript of the 911 call made by an employee of a gun
manufacturer minutes before he shot and killed a young, Hispanic male on
February 26th.

Dispatcher:Cocoa Police Department…

Gun
Manufacturer Employee:Hey, we've
had some break-ins at the businesses in our area, and there's a real suspicious
guy, uh, in the area.This guy looks
like he's up to no good, or he's been drinking or something.It's raining, and he's just walking around,
looking about.

Dispatcher:OK, and this guy, is he White, Black, or
Hispanic?

Gun
Manufacturer Employee:No, he’s not
white—I know that for sure.Looks
Hispanic, you know, like one of those Mexican illegals that hang around the
factories in this area.

Dispatcher:Did you see what he was wearing?

Gun
Manufacturer Employee:Yeah. A big,
loose shirt, you know how they dress, with their shirts untucked.

Dispatcher:OK, he's just walking around the area…

Gun
Manufacturer Employee:…looking at
all the businesses.

Dispatcher:OK.

Gun
Manufacturer Employee:He's heading
in the direction of the convention hall right now.

Dispatcher:OK, we've got someone on the way.

Gun
Manufacturer Employee:OK. These
assholes, they always get away.

Dispatcher:Are you following him?

Gun
Manufacturer Employee:Yeah.

Dispatcher:OK, we don't need you to do that.

Gun Manufacturer Employee:OK.

Following the release of the
transcript this morning, the mother of the victim began to cry after reading
the portion of the transcript in which the shooter describes her son’s form of
dress.

That evening, I told
my son, Jorge, how handsome he looked in the guayabera[1] that I
had given him for Christmas.These
shirts are common attire among Hispanic males—citizens, immigrants, and
undocumented workers alike.They
resemble Hawaiian shirts in fit, but are not as ornate.What did this man who murdered my son in cold
blood find so offensive, so “suspicious,” about such a common, everyday item of
clothing?My son thought these people
were his friends, like-minded people.In
fact, when my son toured the factory, he posed for pictures with a few
people.Among those pictures is a photo
of my son posing with his killer!

[1]
A “guayabera” is a traditional Hispanic men’s shirt, light-weight and
short-sleeved, worn primarily by Hispanic males from various countries of
origin.

IF ONLY THE SIX JURORS HAD ASKED
THEMSELVES, "WHAT IF I...?"

What if I, a woman, decide to walk home
after the sun has set, like Trayvon Martin walked home that evening?

What if I am selected by an armed aggressor
to be stalked, like the armed aggressor George Zimmerman selected and stalked
Trayvon Martin?

What if I turn to face the stalker and
stand my ground, like Trayvon Martin stood his ground when the stalker George
Zimmerman chose to ignore police admonitions and—with intent—pursued, set upon,
and confronted his victim?

What if I defend myself against the
stalker who has set upon me on a dark and isolated path, like Trayvon Martin
defended himself against the stalker and aggressor George Zimmerman?

What if I attempt to fight off the stalker
and aggressor, like Trayvon Martin attempted to fight off the stalker and aggressor
George Zimmerman?

What if I am killed by the stalker and aggressor,
like Trayvon Martin was killed by the stalker and aggressor George Zimmerman?

Will I, like Trayvon Martin, be blamed for my own murder?

And will the stalker and aggressor who killed me, like George Zimmerman
killed Trayvon Martin, be cast as just your friendly Neighborhood Watch
volunteer?

Yes Jesus in the Lord's prayer said we should pray "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."

Trevor was walking home. to his parents. How true that evil came to him even when the authorities had said to the gun wielding vigilante, "Back off"

Only the good Lord knows how this 60 lbs seventeen year old teenager could have lifted this heavy weight of a man who is at least 200 lbs and injured him without taking his gun and having George dispatch him to the great beyond. Unfortunately Trevon is not here to speak for himself.

MikadoCat is speaking on his behalf. False witness of the worst kind.

We shall understand when we get to heaven. American justice has ruled that the 60 lb teenager was capable of drubbing the 200 lbs heavy weight. Justice indeed.

Yes, only God can judge us. Trayvon was minding his own business....James 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. Many say that Trayvon was a thug but even if he was, he was minding his own business at that present time .....breaking no laws.

I have never understood why so many were quick to hate Zimmerman, calling him a racist murder with no evidence supporting the heinous accusation sourced from a personal injury lawyer and his publicist that didn't even know Zimmerman isn't white.

Obama wasted millions putting 27 FBI agents on to digging up Zimmerman's past looking for some sign of racism and found NOTHING. Just like Corey witness after witness said the opposite, that Zimmerman was not racist, that he stood up in public to fight against racism, dated a black girl, and tutored black children.

Trayvon Martin wasn't a thug, just an angry kid kicked out of his mothers house and put on a bus to Sanford for fighting in school and getting his third suspension that year. Zimmerman somehow got in the way of Trayvon's plan's, and Trayvon beat him up like a typical bully beating up the fat kid in school. Trayvon's body and clothes showed no sign that Zimmerman ever struck him, grabbed him, or in any way harmed him until Trayvon saw his victim was armed and reached for the gun forcing Zimmerman to defend his life.

That makes Zimmerman a victim.

The Martin's used powerful connections within Florida law enforcement, and politicians to attack Zimmerman a second time even more viciously. The last president to speak out during a murder trial was Nixon in reference to Manson, and he was trounced in the media for a very neutral comment, nothing like Obama and his endorsement of Trayvon. Each of the leaks from Sanford police attacking Zimmerman was a felony, that is the level of bias against Zimmerman, but both city and regional law enforcement found NO EVIDENCE that Zimmerman committed any crime or was not defending his life. Politically appointed Corey wasted millions attempting to railroad Zimmerman in the courts violating the oath of her office and withholding evidence. The malicious prosecution cost Zimmerman millions to defend against.

AMERICANS should know that the rest of the WORLD including the EU, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (our closes comparisons) believe we are IGNORANT, STUPID, AND BACKWARDS on such issues. AGAIN- the law is a license to murder, especially Blacks, and especially if you are connected (your father is a judge or you have money)-but YOUR kids and family are NEXT. When you tell a MALE they can do something STUPID and make up ANY EXCUSE for it-they will. Look at these cases of guys just shooting other people under the same circumstances as the Florida shootings. NOTICE IT IS NOT EUROPEAN AMERICANS SHOOTING AFRICAN AMERICANS...IT IS LIKE ETHNICITIES SHOOTING LIKE ETHNICITIES. TRANSLATION: THE SAME TYPE OF GUY THAT KILLED THE KIDS IN FLORIDA WILL SHOOT THE KIDS...BUT THEY WILL BE THE KIDS NEXT DOOR OR DOWN THE STREET THAT LOOK JUST LIKE YOU.

Trayvon was a victim of indifferent parents and culture. It turned him into a thug.

George Zimmerman and all the other residents of this neighborhood were victims of a huge increase in crime driven by may other young people who were also victims of piss poor parenting.

Trayvon's pride and joy was his fighting skills, and that made him a young bully.

It is easy to see the forces which created Thugvon in his parents and their associates who have adopted McCarthyism, rabid, bald faced black McCarthyism.

Contrast and compare Joe McCarthy's tactics with those of the Martin Scheme Team. With McCarthy there were commies everywhere and with the Martins there are racists everywhere (especially in their ranks).

George Zimmerman is right, he is the victim and he is not alone.

George pulled the trigger while being assaulted, but who deserves blame for making Trayvon into Thugvon?

Scapegoat: No, You might feel this way due to your upbringing, thus your reason for blaming others.

Unemployed: Get a job George! You did not do too well in this category most of your life, but you did make some effort.

Nothing happened to George Zimmerman that he didn't bring upon himself.

Who is threatening to kill you George? How are they contacting you? Via Twitter? Get rid of Twitter.

I think GZ is reading a lot of comments about him and taking them as threats. They are just comments to the articles GZ! It IS TRUE, You will never be a free man! You cannot run from yourself nor God. You are in the midst of answering to your Maker now George. It won't be over any time soon, it is just not as quick as pulling a trigger.

George, the World can forget... everything they ever read about you, and many have already, and just take in you from your Actions, your Speech, Body Language, and your Inactions, and the World knows George Zimmerman. While you have your good points, You show the World your true colors which are not pretty.

Homeless: You have family, live with them until you can stand on your own two feet.

PTSD: I'm sure you do have PTSD. You had mental problems before the murder. You are in need of lots of psychological help. Seek it now!

http://www.politicsweb.co.za/p...The hunting of George Zimmerman
August 14, 2013 South African journalist James Myburgh on what the Trayvon Martin case says about the US media and judicial systems

excerpt:

....In the chapter on "national delusions" in his 1852 work
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles
MacKay noted how "In reading the history of nations, we find that, like
individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities; their
seasons of excitement and recklessness, when they care not what they do.
We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one
object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become
simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their
attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first. "

The Trayvon Martin story is a case study in how, even in the modern
day, an advanced industrialized democracy can completely lose its
senses; and how difficult it is for it to then recover them. In this
particular matter a whole society seemingly fixed its mind on the one
object of having George Zimmerman arrested, convicted and sent to jail for
life, in reckless disregard of the evidence and the law. The mainstream
media, so-called civil rights organizations, the Democrat President of
the US, the US Attorney General, the Republican Governor of Florida and
his Attorney General, and State Attorney Angela Corey all combined
forces in an effort to destroy a single, isolated individual.

Yet, as documented above, we now know that the incendiary claims made
by the Martin family team - which ignited and then fueled this state
of national hysteria - were almost all bogus. Zimmerman's legal team
came very close to proving, beyond reasonable doubt, that their client
had acted in reasonable fear of his life and great bodily injury in shooting
Trayvon Martin; an inversion of the usual burden of proof. The Sanford
police knew from the beginning that the evidence tended to support
Zimmerman's self-defense claim which is why they had been reluctant to
make an arrest.

The failures of the mainstream media in their reporting on this case
were manifold. The claims of the Martin family team should have, from
the beginning, been treated with some degree of caution. Sybrina Fulton
and Tracy Martin, and their lawyers, had two motivations in campaigning
in the way that they did for the arrest of George Zimmerman. The one was
obviously vengeance, the other greed. Following the arrest of Zimmerman
Benjamin Crump sent a letter on May 9 to the Retreat at Twin Lakes'
Homeowners' Association announcing the intention of Tracy Martin and
Sybrina Fulton to file suit. This had always been the intention of the
Martin family and their lawyers. Natalie Jackson had sent a letter
to the HOA on March 14 2012 demanding that they preserve any evidence
relating to the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The Martin team
reached a settlement agreement with the HOA's insurers in early April
2013, which Zimmerman's lawyers estimated amounted to over a million
dollars.

Such precautionary skepticism should have been redoubled once the
Martin family team had been caught out, very early on, lying about
Trayvon Martin's school record and the existence of and reasons for his
multiple suspensions. Instead, they were repeatedly given a free pass,
even by the more critically minded journalists and commentators.

He definitely was the victim. He was the victim of a beating. He was a victim of Corey and her politics. He was a victim of the state and all the media everywhere. Even now when found not guilty he is still being victimized.

Georgie Girl is a victim of his own stupidity & racist behavior. He stalked & then murdered a kid walking in the rain, talking to a girl on the phone. And, if he thinks it's bad now, wait until his god gets a hold of him.

Mr. Zimmerman's actions were indefensible. Carrying a weapon as part of a neighborhood "Watch", disregarding a police dispatcher's directions, instigating a confrontation with a law-abiding unarmed teen, and shooting that teen when Mr. Zimmerman felt at a disadvantage of his own making. Calling himself a "victim" is delusional and self-serving. I like to think he's looking over his shoulder all the time now.

George a lawyer, well he was a wannabe cop, he has a better chance at becoming a lawyer, It takes more time in college and law school but they will let anyone become a lawyer short of certain criminal convictions. Good luck Georgie if you do become a lawyer go to work for the District Attorney's office you have experience with them.

Trayvon was not walking home, certainly not to his parents. His mother kicked him out of her house near Miami two weeks earlier and he was put on a bus to Sanford where his married father was visiting his girlfriend Brandy Green. Tracy Martin and Brandy Green were out of town at a convention leaving Trayvon alone with Brandy's 14 year old son.

Most important, Trayvon was not walking anyplace. The police timeline puts Trayvon just inside the complex for about half an hour standing looking around in the rain before Zimmerman reports him to police.

Anyone who has listened to the full dispatch recording knows you are lying, and Zimmerman was never told to "back off". After Trayvon approached Zimmerman's truck, then ran, dispatch asks Zimmerman which way he is running and Zimmerman obey's the dispatch request and gets out of his truck to watch where Trayvon is running and report it back to dispatch. Dispatch clarifies the request saying they "don't need you to do that" and clearly again on the recording Zimmerman obeys and stops while Trayvon continues running until out of Zimmerman's sight a few seconds later. A no point does Zimmerman approach Trayvon or come remotely near him.

Dispatch then calmly discusses contact information and going on the assumption that Trayvon like all previous runners has left the complex by the rear gate, whether or not a police car should still come out. Zimmerman agrees to wait for the police to arrive and they discuss where to meet, but Zimmerman doesn't have a specific address of his current location and requests the car call him on arrival to give them detailed directions.

Four minutes later Trayvon returns from his hiding place and attacks Zimmerman where he is waiting for police to arrive. Trayvon approaches Zimmerman from behind, then confronts him when he is close enough to strike, asking Zimmerman a question to distract him then uses a cowardly sucker punch while Zimmerman has his guard down. 160 lbs in lean fighting shape Trayvon knocks the 207 lb shorter fat Zimmerman to the ground with a broken nose in a single punch to the head. Trayvon then mounts his victim MMA style and beats him for a minute while Zimmerman screams for help and tries to get away.

A neighbor comes out and yells at Trayvon to stop the beating and then goes back inside his house to call police when Trayvon does not stop. A few seconds later Zimmerman's attempt to get away reveals his gun and Trayvon reaches for it forcing Zimmerman to defend his life against Trayvon's escalating attack.

The case is clear self defense, but the Martin family has powerful connections to Florida law enforcement and politicians, so they are able to attack Zimmerman a second time using a media smear campaign created by their personal injury lawyer, one of Florida's largest fund raisers for Obama.

Everything you said is correct. He was minding his own.business and breaking no laws which is why his walking in the rain and looking about was called in as a non emergency. Therefore there must have been some other reason why Zimmerman deemed it necessary to exit his vehicle when the person suspected of a non emergency decided to "skip" away. What exactly was he trying to get away with as a result of a non emergency call? Clearly nothing. Zimmerman's round of interviews proves he is mentally unstable and Trayvon had no chance to survive an encounter with someone so paranoid and hell bent on a.confrontation. A 30 second walk back.to his truck could not be accomplished in a full four minutes nor did he accomplish locating an address in 4 minutes. Now he himself was suspiciously walking around in the rain and looking.about. Go figure.

Trayvon used a sucker punch, a cowardly attack where you distract your victim then strike when their guard is down.

That cowardly sucker punch broke Zimmerman's nose and left him defenseless bleeding on the ground. Trayvon continued the beating sitting on Zimmerman to prevent his escape and pounding his head against the pavement as Zimmerman screamed for help.

How can you defend this bully?

Getting shot by attempting to take Zimmerman's gun did not change him from an attacking bully to a victim.

@almonjer What an amazingly ignorant person. Many outside the US are forbidden to own firearms, but the concept of self defense is universal in all civilized countries. When an angry Trayvon attacks you can legally defend your life, including the use of deadly force. That's common law hundreds of years old.

@JusticeDelivered
If a black jury knew what you said was true and Zimmerman was black,
Zimmerman would be serving time for 1st degree murder, if charged. Even
an unarmed thug in his own back courtyard needs to defend himself when a
followed and confronted by a significantly heavier man. Blacks and many
whites can't ascribe a motive other than racism for setting the white
Zimmerman free even under the fear-based SYG vigilante law. It's
impossible when the body was found yards away from the sidewalk and the
audio tapes indicate motive. Imagine what blacks felt about the hung
jury on 1st degree murder in the Dunn case.

Zimmerman's
celebrity and the SYG law's popularity among whites concerns many
blacks. The gutting of the VRA and the popularity of Voter ID and other
voter suppression laws among whites makes them think we're going back in
time. The virtually unprecedented hate expressed toward our first black
president by GOP voters and their representatives make them know it.
The sky-rocketing hate groups leaves no doubt. Blacks must remember it
sometimes takes being pushed back before you can move forward with
renewed vigor.

@nobodiesfoolThe
end of apartheid didn't end its delusions. Blacks must remember Nelson
Mandela when confronting the growing hate, arrogance and self
righteousness of the shrinking white majority. Our freedom is inexorably
linked to theirs. The Koch brothers and plutocrats who
manufactured these delusions embraced by so many whites are our concern.
The Plutocrats who channel 40% of all campaign donations to the GOP,
own the media, and write most of our laws through ALEC and lobbyists are
leading us all into a form of slavery. The founders of our country
understood the threat to democracy these historic wealth and earnings
imbalances represent. We live in a makers-takers functional plutocracy
and imperfect Democrats offer our only path toward regaining our
economic, social and political freedoms.

It's enough that blacks and many whites understand the injustice of the murder verdicts in the Zimmerman
& Dunn cases. Plutocrats using ALEC wrote the SYG laws to sell guns
and promote division which strengthens their hold on power. The Supreme
Court's decisions on Citizens United and Section 5 of the VRA gave
Plutocrats unprecedented power over our elections. The Plutocrat
supported GOP lead the way in designing Voter ID and other voter
suppression laws disenfranchising millions of black, Latino, student and
poor likely Democrat voters. The GOP and MSM convinced over 75% of
whites strict Voter ID laws combating near non-existent registered voter
impersonation while only requiring 'Takers' (blacks, Latinos &
poor) to pick up 'free' government issued photo IDs to vote (travel,
birth certificate... poll taxes). A PA State Judge overturned its strict
Voter ID law finding the laws implementation demonstrated a
discriminatory impact guaranteed to disenfranchise voters with zero
evidence supporting the states reason for the law - combating voter
impersonation. The ruling outlined why all strict Voter ID laws in
states covered under Section 5 of the VRA were rejected prior to the
Supreme Court's VRA decision.

Plutocrats
took over and financed the Tea Party movement to strengthen their
distrust and hatred of government and the poor (blacks and Latinos). Tea
Party distrust fueled their passion to support the government hating GOP
and their policies funding Plutocrats on the backs of the poor and
middle class. Their distrust combined with conservative media
distortions fueled their nearly unprecedented hate of our first black president and the sky-rocketing number of hate groups
since his election. Plutocrats know the Recovery Act and Bailout'
created over 5 million jobs and the sky-rocketing stock markets lining
their pockets. Plutocrats know the conservative backed market driven ACA
works and empowers the poor and middle class. Distrust, division
and conservative media distortions blinds the Tea Party/GOP voters to reality. Plutocrats know Dem Admin created private sector
jobs at twice rate of the GOP while maintaining slower deficit growth
since 1961. The economic records of Clinton, Bush and Obama confirm the
growing gap in Party results. Plutocrats cherish power over money knowing GOP
trickle down policies insure over 90% of increasing wealth and earnings is channeled their way.Remember whites lost in the
conservative media bubble are not our enemies and suffer in far greater
numbers. We must use the challenges we face as motivation to grow strong
and empower our president and Democrats to recapture our democracy.

Everything you have said is false. Why bother to comment when you are such a low information person?

Zimmerman's watch consisted of looking around while walking his dog each night, and his right to bear arms while doing so is not abridged. Trayvon was spotted as Zimmerman was on his way to the store, not related to NW.

Zimmerman explicitly obeyed the dispatcher suggestions. Anyone who has listened to the full dispatch recording knows this.

All testimony including Jeantel's has Trayvon approaching and confronting Zimmerman.

Trayvon has a history of lawless behavior, he was never charged for racial reasons. Regardless when he attacked and beat Zimmerman it was lawless and vicious. Reaching for Zimmerman's gun instead of stopping the attack is what caused Trayvon's death, his own actions with Zimmerman having no real choice but to stop him.

@Openminded1 He was in college how long? working on an associates degree!? most get done in 2 years. Good luck with law school zimmurderman! but then when he fails at that it will be someone else's fault just like it always is with poor poor george

I was unable for quite a while to post the full poem "Young, Hispanic Male Shot While on His Way to Attend Fun, Fellowship, and Firearms Event. You should be able to view it now. I have also posted a second poem named "If only the Six Jurors Had Asked Themselves, "What If I...?""

Zimmerman has never had an xray of his nose nor had it fixed. It's well past time to stop claiming it was broken. I've read the SYG law. If Martin hit Zimmerman it wasn't effective, he's dead but according to the law he had the right to stand his ground against an UNIDENTIFIED STRANGER that stalked him with a gun. Trayvon had more than a reasonable fear and although he had no duty to retreat he attempted to do so, four minutes later the man was out of his car on a direct pathway to Trays back door WITH A GUN. Had Trayvon lived Zimmerman goes to prison NO DOUBT IT and Trayvon easily wins a SYG claim.

Robin, Karma is a very abhorrent idea. The bad that happens to people is NOT necessarily something they deserve by their actions. The bad things said about George Zimmerman, out of the irrational desire to find a scapegoat, only make sense if you understand that Evil uses popularity to win.

You are a comformist, and no better than the persecutors of Christians in Rome, or the Jews in Nazi Germany. Take a good look in the mirror - do you have an irrational bias against George Zimmerman, because you want to believe that he guilty soleley BASED ON THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN?

If so, then you are the worst kind of racist. No Robin, Karma is not the law of the universe, men are tested by God.

@JusticeDelivered@stevek77536 Yes, as a matter of LAW, all actions are defensible. The Nazis had Nuremburg, where their lawyers presented their cases. They lost.

And yes, racism of any color is not defensible.

Mr. Zimmerman's actions were outside the rules of acceptable action, as I stated above. We have laws and police for a reason, to keep people like Mr.Zimmerman from killing people. Which is what he did.

@CeceliaSmith@Openminded1 George will not even make it to law school, some scum bag or gang member will most likely kill him before he gets the chance to make it to college. he is a marked man in most hoods and big cities in america by the black community. The man was found not guilty, his girl friend also lied and brought up false charges, knowing he was hated by most blacks. TM was a thug and caused his own death, all he had to do is walk home.

Whenever innocent lives are taken, our christianity is questioned. I dont know exactly what the trust of your argument is. The US is a country of due process. Self defense is not due process so taking the law into your own hand is uniquely babaric whether it is the perpitrators of 9/11 or those who kill innocent tenagers.

Unfortunately, this is an old story except if you are the parents of Treyvon. Treyvon is at peace with his maker. For the rest of us, "Aleuta Continua" For those who perpetrate injustice, let justice follow them to the end.

Trayvon was NOT walking home or minding his own business, the police time line puts him standing around the same area in the rain just inside the complex for half an hour before being spotted and reported by Zimmerman.

Trayvon ran when spotted, then came back approaching Zimmerman from behind and attacked and beat him. Beating Zimmerman and reaching for his gun is what led to Trayvon's death, both entirely his own actions.

@johnmnsota@RobinLove18Georgie Girl is guilty because he stalked & killed a young kid who was minding his own business. GZ's cowardly actions resulted in the death of a 17 year old teen that was walking in the rain, talking to a girl on the phone. That was what TM did & it resulted in his murder. And, the concept of Karma is that you reap what you sow & most people don't realize is that it is not always about this lifetime.